Birgit Heltweg

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Birgit Heltweg is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Geriatrics and Gerontology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgit Heltweg has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Geriatrics and Gerontology and 1 paper in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Birgit Heltweg's work include Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research (9 papers), Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (7 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers). Birgit Heltweg is often cited by papers focused on Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research (9 papers), Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (7 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers). Birgit Heltweg collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Belgium. Birgit Heltweg's co-authors include Manfred Jung, Antonio Bedalov, Brian K. Kennedy, Peter S. DiStefano, Rory Curtis, Jeffrey Hixon, Stanley Fields, Thomas McDonagh, Andrew D. Napper and Matt Kaeberlein and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Cancer Research and Analytical Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Birgit Heltweg

11 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Substrate-specific Activation of Sirtuins by Resveratrol 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Substrate-specific Activation of Sirtuins by Resveratrol
    2005 603 citations Matt Kaeberlein, Thomas McDonagh et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Birgit Heltweg Germany 10 840 716 390 305 252 11 1.4k
Matt Griffor United States 6 524 0.6× 416 0.6× 237 0.6× 308 1.0× 89 0.4× 6 944
Yeyun Zhou United States 8 833 1.0× 678 0.9× 483 1.2× 323 1.1× 174 0.7× 10 1.4k
Ji-Min Woo South Korea 7 747 0.9× 648 0.9× 427 1.1× 298 1.0× 153 0.6× 13 1.3k
Saba Khan United States 2 729 0.9× 542 0.8× 413 1.1× 295 1.0× 143 0.6× 2 1.1k
John Y. Wu United States 11 267 0.3× 632 0.9× 127 0.3× 435 1.4× 112 0.4× 16 1.1k
Inga Bauer Italy 15 286 0.3× 396 0.6× 182 0.5× 89 0.3× 158 0.6× 22 882
Patricia W. Pan Canada 8 199 0.2× 682 1.0× 114 0.3× 63 0.2× 118 0.5× 9 936
Mi Nam Lee South Korea 14 94 0.1× 630 0.9× 187 0.5× 118 0.4× 35 0.1× 24 937
Chun Jing United Kingdom 6 69 0.1× 1.7k 2.4× 266 0.7× 203 0.7× 62 0.2× 6 1.9k
Insook Jang United States 16 62 0.1× 821 1.1× 426 1.1× 171 0.6× 57 0.2× 19 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Birgit Heltweg

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Fields of papers citing papers by Birgit Heltweg

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Birgit Heltweg

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All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Heltweg, Birgit, Tonibelle Gatbonton, Aaron D. Schuler, et al.. (2006). Antitumor Activity of a Small-Molecule Inhibitor of Human Silent Information Regulator 2 Enzymes. Cancer Research. 66(8). 4368–4377. 400 indexed citations
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Kaeberlein, Matt, Thomas McDonagh, Birgit Heltweg, et al.. (2005). Substrate-specific Activation of Sirtuins by Resveratrol. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(17). 17038–17045. 603 indexed citations breakdown →
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Heltweg, Birgit, et al.. (2005). In vitro assays for the determination of histone deacetylase activity. Methods. 36(4). 332–337. 100 indexed citations
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Scherf, H. R., Changping Xie, Birgit Heltweg, et al.. (2005). Effect of inhibitors of histone deacetylase on the induction of cell differentiation in murine and human erythroleukemia cell lines. Anti-Cancer Drugs. 16(6). 635–643. 12 indexed citations
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Heltweg, Birgit, Samuel Dequiedt, Brett Marshall, et al.. (2004). Subtype Selective Substrates for Histone Deacetylases. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 47(21). 5235–5243. 102 indexed citations
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Heltweg, Birgit, Samuel Dequiedt, Eric Verdin, & Manfred Jung. (2003). Nonisotopic substrate for assaying both human zinc and NAD+-dependent histone deacetylases. Analytical Biochemistry. 319(1). 42–48. 79 indexed citations
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Cao, Hua, et al.. (2003). Hydroxamide derivatives of short-chain fatty acids are potent inducers of human fetal globin gene expression. Experimental Hematology. 31(3). 197–203. 25 indexed citations
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Heltweg, Birgit & Manfred Jung. (2003). A Homogeneous Nonisotopic Histone Deacetylase Activity Assay. SLAS DISCOVERY. 8(1). 89–95. 27 indexed citations
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Heltweg, Birgit & Manfred Jung. (2002). A Microplate Reader-Based Nonisotopic Histone Deacetylase Activity Assay. Analytical Biochemistry. 302(2). 175–183. 45 indexed citations
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Heltweg, Birgit & Manfred Jung. (2002). Eosin Y as an Internal Standard for a Plate Reader-Based Quantitation of a Histone Deacetylase Substrate. Archiv der Pharmazie. 335(6). 296–296. 7 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Katharina, Birgit Heltweg, & Manfred Jung. (2001). Improvement and Validation of the Fluorescence-Based Histone Deacetylase Assay Using an Internal Standard. Archiv der Pharmazie. 334(7). 248–252. 21 indexed citations

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